Good Afternoon Friends,

Well finally I got back on the internet as a result of Spectrum taking over Time Warner and had the forums blocked for a few days. Thanks to Stick for reminding me that I hadn't been on for a few weeks as I totally forgot to publish.

 

Now here is the quiz; How many BF of lumber will you find in 203 SF of a deck that is 1"thick?

 

 

 

Assuming the deck boards are 6" wide (5 1/2 for those folks who buy their lumber from Home Depot and didn't take shop class), I'd say about 101.5bdft.

This a trick question Ralph...

203BF... solid count not allowing for spacing...

 

one board foot is a piece of lumber that is 1 foot wide, 1 foot long (i square foot) and 1 inch thick, or its volumetric equivalent.....

 

but if Ralph said the deck 1½'' thick (cause who has a deck 1'' thick) it'd be 305.5BF actual...

but... there's always another but...

if the deck boards are 1¼'' thick there would be 253.75BF actual...

but....... (there's that but again)...

construction lumber is sold by rough dimension...

 

a 2x6x12 (1½''x5½''x12' if we're lucky) has 8,25BF actual and sold as 12BF 

Edited June 24, 20179 yr by Stick486

I think it's a trick question, so I'll go with 203 bd. ft.

@lew...

report to the coffee pot...

 

3 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

@lew...

report to the coffee pot...

 

I make Navy coffee. The pots been on the heat since 6 am, be ready tomorrow at noon.

24 minutes ago, lew said:

I make Navy coffee. The pots been on the heat since 6 am, be ready tomorrow at noon.

 

the best plan I've heard in a while...

203

4 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 

the best plan I've heard in a while...

Just finishing up yesterday pot-

10 minutes ago, lew said:

Just finishing up yesterday pot-

 

YUP...

That's the right stuff..

coffee strong enough to wake the dead....

47 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

203BF... solid count not allowing for spacing..

 

46 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

I think it's a trick question, so I'll go with 203 bd. ft.

 

10 minutes ago, DAB said:

203

I'll second that! Or is that fourth?

John

203

years ago, i built a deck in our backyard.  and among other things, i carefully spaced the boards for drainage.

 

about the same time my neighbor had her's replaced, and so i watched that work with interest.  they guy also used Trex and left zero gap between the boards.  they always had nice puddles after a rain.

It ain't real coffee till the spoon stands straight up. The correct answer is indeed 203 BF and yeas it was a trick question. April fool in June.

3 hours ago, lew said:

I make Navy coffee. The pots been on the heat since 6 am, be ready tomorrow at noon.

 How many tubes of toothpaste does it take to get that off your teeth????????

14 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

 How many tubes of toothpaste does it take to get that off your teeth????????

Use turpentine  

3 hours ago, Stick486 said:

a 2x6x12 (1½''x5½''x12' if we're lucky) has 8,25BF actual and sold as 12BF

Someone better hire a gaggle of lawyers and picket HD about this 

On 6/24/2017 at 5:24 PM, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

 How many tubes of toothpaste does it take to get that off your teeth????????

 

What...?  Toothpaste...?